Octav Șuluțiu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Octav Șuluțiu

Romanian writer and literary critic (1909-1949)

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1909

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1949

Profession: writer, translator, literary critic

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Octav Șuluțiu

  • Octav ?ulu?iu (November 5, 1909–February 9, 1949) was a Romanian prose writer and literary critic. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Gheorghe ?ulu?, a tailor, and his wife Victoria (née Pigarovsky).
  • After attending primary school and, from 1921 to 1926, gymnasium in his native city, he went to Mihai Viteazul High School on a scholarship, graduating in 1928.
  • ?ulu?iu earned a degree from the University of Bucharest's literature and philosophy faculty in 1931, having specialized in French and Romanian literature.
  • That year, he was hired as a substitute French teacher at Unirea High School in Foc?ani.
  • He later transferred to Oradea's Iosif Vulcan Normal School.
  • In 1935, he was named provisional full professor at Andrei ?aguna High School in Bra?ov.
  • In 1942, he became an inspector at the state department for extracurricular education.
  • ?ulu?iu then returned to Bucharest to teach French language and literature, working at Gheorghe ?incai (1946) and Mihai Viteazul (1947) high schools.?ulu?iu's first published work was a 1927 article, "Primul romancier român", that appeared in Revista literara, published at Saint Sava High School.
  • He contributed to Ultima ora, Propilee literare, Dreptatea, Bilete de Papagal, Saptamâna literara, Azi, Radical, Vremea, Reporter, Via?a literara, Rampa, România Literara, Axa, Familia and Kalende.
  • His novel Ambigen (1935) was received with praise, although the author complained of the critics' "frightening superficiality".
  • Pe margini de car?i, a volume of literary criticism, came out in 1938; it was followed by the 1943 novel Mântuire, which was awarded a prize by the Romanian Writers' Society.
  • In collaboration, he translated a novel by Elena Ilyina that appeared in 1946 as Al patrulea obstacol.
  • In his last year, ?ulu?iu worked to finalize a study, Despre poezia lui George Co?buc.
  • He died of a stroke.

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